Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity

Everyone is warmly invited to a two-day interdisciplinary conference on "Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity" in Philosophy Fortnight, with a fantastic line of speakers.

Thursday, 12 March 2026. Location: Scarman, Space 11.

13.30 - 14.50 Lucy O’Brien (University College London): "Reflection on One’s Interpersonal Self-Consciousness"

 15.00 - 16.20 Matthew Boyle (University of Chicago): "From Other Selves to Intersubjectivity"  

16.20- 16.50 Tea & Coffee   16.50 - 18.10 Naomi Eilan (University of Warwick): “Subjective, intersubjective, objective: On the role of joint attention”   Dinner  

Friday,13 March 2026, Location: Wolfson Research Exchange, Main Library. 

9.30 - 10.50 Henrike Moll (University of Southern California): “The intersubjective basis of identity: The case of dissociation”

10.50- 11.10 Tea & Coffee  

11.10 -12.30 Richard Gipps (Oxford University): “What is superstition? Confusions of self-self, self-world, and self-other relating”

12.30 - 13.30 lunch   13.30 - 14.50 Eliza Little (University of Warwick): "Literary knowledge and intersubjectivity"   15.00 - 16.20 Johannes Roessler (University of Warwick): “Joint attention and perceptual knowledge”

16.20                Tea & Coffee  

Organisers: Johannes Roessler & Chenwei Nie.

Hosted by the Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre (WMA), Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick.

Funded by the Behaviour Spotlight Programme, Humanities Research Centre, WMA, and Leverhulme Trust.

It is in-person only. Please visit the conference webpage for additional information, including transportation details.

Registration is free. However, as space is limited, please email Chenwei ([email protected]) by Tuesday, 3rd March 2026, if you plan to attend. Please also indicate if you’d be interested in joining the speakers for the conference dinner (Two-course: £26.50. Payable directly to the Radcliffe Restaurant during dinner).